Scott Morrison, the newbie at the event, became the third Australian PM to attend a G20 summit in four years – so when German Chancellor Angela Merkel blatantly read from a ScoMo cheat sheet as they sat down for a chat, we were all just like ‘yeah, fair enough’.

Merkel has been leading Germany since 2005 and has had to deal with six Australian prime ministers in that time – seven if you count Kevin Rudd twice.

Most of them (excluding Julia Gillard) have shared the same characteristics of: middle-aged, white, man, so to avoid confusion, someone plonked a picture of Morrison at the top of Merkel’s sheet so she could pick him out in the crowd.

The moments were captured in photos by Fairfax photojournalist Alex Ellinghausen and honestly, they say everything there is to say about Australian politics better than words ever could.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes a look at her notes at the start of her meeting with Australia’s 30th Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the G20 summit in Bueno Aires pic.twitter.com/PYDo8gM7rX

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This wasn’t the first time Morrison had to introduce himself to other world leaders at the summit.

Morrison and Merkel’s meeting came the day after Morrison met with US President Donald Trump who quizzed him on what happened to Malcolm Turnbull and how the heck a leadership spill can happen which is… very awkward.

With an election to take place next year, there is every chance Merkel will need another cheat sheet and a new PM will have to (try) explain the ins and outs of Aussie politics to Trump.

Oh joy.

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